glabrous outside, outer ones sparsely sericeous on central basal area inside, otherwise glabrous, 
inner ones sparsely sericeous all over inside, red hairs present, stamens of whorls I & II 1.3 - 1.7 
mm long, filaments glabrous ad and abaxially, anthers 0.8 - 0.9 mm long, glabrous ad and 
abaxially, sporangia four, in two pairs, introrse, stamens of whorl III 1.3 - 1.7 mm long, filaments 
sparsely long sericeous adaxially, red hairs present, glabrous abaxially, anthers 0.7 - 0.8 mm 
long, sparsely long sericeous adaxially on lower half, red hairs present, glabrous abaxially, 
sporangia four, in two pairs, upper ones latrorse, sometimes aborted, lower ones extrorse, glands 
0.5 mm long, at base of filament, round, glabrous except for few sericeous hairs adaxially at 
point of attachment, staminodes 0.8 - 1 mm long, pedicel glabrous adaxially or few scattered red 
hairs present, sparsely sericeous abaxially, some red hairs present, head 0.5 - 0.7 mm long, 
cordate in outline, glabrous adaxially, sparsely long sericeous abaxially, mainly along median 
section, hypanthium 0.5 mm deep, glabrous outside and inside, or some red hairs present at base 
of staminodes and third whorl stamens, pistil 1.5 - 1.9 mm long, glabrous, ovary 0.7 - 0.8 mm 
long and wide; fruit 7.5 - 9.5 mm long, 5 - 5.5 mm wide, ellipsoid, cupule 3.5 - 5 mm long, 3.8 - 
4.5 mm wide, pedicel 1.5 - 5 mm long, 0.7 - 0.9 mm wide, tepals persistent (some partially so). 
Flowers in September(?) and April (?); fruits in September and April (?). This species is 
known only from Campo Cerrado vegetation in central Minas Gerais, Brazil. 
This species is maintained in Cinnamomum for the characters it presents in flowers and 
fruits, in spite of having no distinct triplinerved leaves neither domatia. The syndrome of features 
is the same found for other neotropical species, like C. amplexicaule, C. chiapense, and C. 
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